White Paper on Equity-Focused Science Education Outside the Classroom

This White Paper introduces a set of action areas and strategies to develop equity-focused science education outside the classroom. The document targets decision-makers, funders and policy makers in informal science education and aims to be a tool that helps integrate equity in their practice from a holistic approach. The White Paper is part of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation project SySTEM 2020: Science Learning Outside the Classroom, which seeks to bring understanding on aspects related to the scientific literacy of children and teenagers, as well as ideate, design and evaluate solutions to support informal science education.